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Will You Help
Keep
Brevard Clean
VOL. XXXI
No. 3
FARM NEWS
By L. A. AMMON
days listening to speeches of
^^alfttinds and seats that w?re hard
as ever made, reminds one that old
school days had some things that
?fldere not so pleasant. We County
Agents were crammed full, and in
structed to go home and give it out.
Hatchery
II yon want eggs hatched or in
tend baying baby chickens, do not
forget our Community Hatchery.
Prices are right, and good quality
?will be assured, and no shipping
colds. Send your orders to Prof. J.
A. Glazener or through County
Agent. Watch for "ads" and an
nouncements.
Cattle Future*
While in Raleigh, I took pains to
ggit all the live-stock men, and the
who studies trends of markets
for all our crops, and I found all
feeling good over the cattle indus
try. During 1924-25 this industry
hit the bottom of the curve as they
call it, and from these curves the
future shows a rise for several
years. This means that those inter
ested in cattle may feel safe to en
large their herds for greater out
put of feeders or breeding stock.
Local conditions seem to bear out
this fact. The demand has been
good for this Fall, and the cattle on
feed are hard to hold due to buy
ers. Seven cents is reported to have
been offered for steers just starting
on feed. Prof. Curtis, the State's |
best" beef cattle man, thinks fat cat
tle will reach ten cents by April, at
the farm. That is the present dope.
For Pigi
The future for p!gs is good for
eighteen months, according to the
pig men and the curve man, but
they caution after that, as from |
past experience they will start down
the curve. This means that it
would not be good business to rush \
into the hog business for a long
stay, yet there will be good prices
for some time yet. By September, j
1927, a man should figure on hav- 1
ing a small number of pigs on hand, j
The way it looks now.
On Poultry
~ The poultry business has nevev j
seen a real over-supply, so they have
no curves for this industry as for
cattle. The best they have would
indicate a good market for 1P2C,
and for many years. While the
South is making great gains in num
bers of hens, other sections are
turning to other things, so we have I
a ballancing effect. People will eat
twice as many eggs . and chickens
when the price drops to a reason
able level, and soon the surplus is
gone. Such we observe each
Spring. Poultry is a very safe bus
iness from the "Curve Man's" view.
Corn
From past trends, a medium crop
of corn is expected. The day was
that a big crop was followed by a
very small one, but not so any |
more. Farmers do not make such
radical changes any more, as farm
ing is being done with more ma- 1
?"^fkhinery, and one cannot throw away
one set of implements and buy for
another crop without a good reason,
so now they are beginning to try to
adjust acreage to. demand, and when
they do we will have a prosperous |
farming condition.
T. B. Tested
County Agents of the Eastern]
part of the State who have their
Counties tested, had much trouble
during the past Fall of getting un
tested feeders into their county.
This matter was discussed at the
meeting. I had the privilege of in
forming them that we were tested. j
"Alright," one agent said, "we will
look to you for two year old feed- [
ers next Fall." Will we have |
them? Are we saving enough year-l
lings for our own feeding and for
^ our. Eastern friends? Seven such
' car loads were shipped from Jack
son County. That same seven could
9b. Shipped from here if we have [
them. ?
Tomato Market
Mr. A. M. Withers, of Ocala, Fla.,
a regular Summer visitor, has made
us an offer, in writing, that he will
pay one dollar per bushel for fancy
tomatoes, and seventy-five cents for
choice grades, in car lots. ? Not
less __To be picked when grown but
not ripe, during August and til
frost. Mr. Withers to pay for and
do the packing. Our price to be
^ net
TT Anxious to hear from the farmers
in reach of Brevard on this matter. \
Do you want to take some acreage?
What tlr'l I tf'i Ml. Withers" 1
NEW HIGH SCHOOL
BUILDING ASSURED
ROSMAN SECTION
The County -Board of Education
has filed with the State Superintend
ent of Public Instruction an applica
tion for $48,000.00 for a high school
building at Rosman, and $12,000.00
for Lake Toxaway from the $5,000,
000.00 Special Building Fund pro
vided by the last session of the Gen
eral Assembly of North Carolina.
On the basis of school population
this County is entitled to only $18,
000.00 from this Special Building
Fund appropriation; but the County
Superintendent states that he be
lieves that, as we have the honor of
having taken the lead among all the
counties west of Raleigh in providing
a uniform special school tax for the
county and establishing for all our
schools a standard length of term,
we will secure most if not all of the
amount applied for.
Prof. J. Henry Highsmith, the
State Supervisor of High Schools,
visited Transylvania on Friday of
last week to confer with the County
Superintendent in regard to the
plans for the high school work of
the County. After the conference
he stated that he approved the plans
of the County Superintendent and
County Board of Education and
would recommend that the amount
of Special Building Fund applied
for by this County be granted.
Linthicum and Linthicum of
f
Raleigh have been secured as archi
tects for the new Rosman High
School builing. As soon as plans
and specifications can be prepared,
bids for the general contract, for
the plumbing and heating and for
the lighting will be received. It is
the hope of the County school offic
ials that the contract for the build
ing may be let early in March and
the building completed by the open
ing of next year's school term.
WOMAN'S BUREAU
HOLDS MEETING
\
A tailed meeting of the Woman's
Bureau was held in the Chamber oi
Commerce rooms Monday afternoon,
with some fifteen members present.
The main object of this special
meeting was for the purpose of ar
riving at some definite conclusion
regarding the previously discussed
matter of beautifying various small
plots of land at the different high
way entrances into town. In view
of the fact that the owners of
these proposed plots failed to appear
at this meeting, it was impossible to
formulate definite plans with re
gards the matter in question. A
statement was received ?from B. J.
Sit, ton, however, to the effect that he
would donate to the ladies for the
purpose of beautification a small
plot of land near his residence, pro
vided the town would finance the
paving obligations. Mayor T. W.
Whitmire was present and he agreed
to present the matter to the Board
of Aldermen at its next meeting.
The president appointed a com
mitter. consisting of Mrs. W. E.
Ereese, Mrs. Beulah Zachary and
Mrs. T. H. Shipman, to draft a let
ter to the Board of Aldermen re
questing that they purchase immed
iately two do:<en large trash cans to
be placed at convenient and promis
cuous places along the business
streets, with definite instructions as
to their proper use. ? The same
committee was also instructed to
draft a letter to the Mayor request
ing the enforcement of the law rel
ative to spitting on the streets.
Judging from the enthusiastic dis
? ussion regarding the matter of
keeping the streets clean and sani
tary, and the beautifying of vacant
lots and private lawns, it is evident
that this body of ladies intend to
take drastic measures in bringing
about the enforcement of existing
city ordinances.
POSTOFFICE RECEIPTS SHOW
DECIDED INCREASE OVER '24
According to a statement made by
Postmaster Nicholson, the local post
office is experiencing a constant and
healthy growth in receipts. Mr.
Nicholson announces an increase of
18 percent in the gross receipts of
the local postoffice for 1925, as com
pared with 1924.
When in doubt as to where to
sLop i*p^r {be ; c nVvk.'
W. M. FETZER ENTERS
BUSINESS IN COUNTY
? -i
Wm McK. Fetzer, who for the
past five years has held theposit.on
of coach of athletics at the Unw
versity of North Carolina, has re^
signed his position in that ?n8*,tuJ0n
to enter the businss field in Br^
Mr Fetzer comes to Brevard as h,
permanent resident, by no means 4.
stranger, since the past fourteen
summers he has spent in Brevard in
the capacity of director of Camp
Sapphire, which was the first sum
mer camp to be established in Bre:
vard. During the past years of .s
more or less temporary residence
here, Mr. Fetzer has made a host of
warm friends, all of whom extend to j
him the glad hand of welcome as
he returns to make Brevard his
permanent home.
Mr. Fetzer recently sold his inter- ,
ests in Camp Sapphire, netting him
a considerable profit. He will now
devote his time, in connection with,
Capt. Dasher, of the Sapphire Sales
Corporation, in the development of,
this former camp site into a modern
resort and recreational center for
tourists. A golf course is now be
ing laid off, excellent boating and
swimming facilities are already pro
vided, in addition to sleeping quar
ters, mess hall and recreation rooms.
Engineers are at work making eon
tour maps of the entire 400 acres
comprising this property, wit ?* ,
view to later subdivision into resi
dential lots and a probable hold
site. ,
Mr. Fetzer is a native of Cabar
rus County, being the son of tho
late Penn B. Fetzer, of Concord.
He is an athlete of considerable re
nown, having received his early
training at Davidson College, and
later at North Carolina State Col
lege, going to Chapel Hill in 192'
as director of athletics, which po
sition he has held until the present
time. His brother, Robert A. Fet
zer, who has been associated with
him on the coaching staff ai Care
lina, will probably succeed "Coach
Bill" to th< position from which he
has just resigned. The two broth
ers were tl)ie means of bringing all
university nthltics to a high stand
ard of excellence, both in way of
clean sportmanship and as winners
in State championships.
Mr. Fetzer, with Mrs. Fetzer ano
their daughter, Dorothy, are nov
living at their country home, art
joining the former Camp Sapphire.
A COMMUNICATION?
TO AND FROM THE MAYOR
To the Honorable Mayor:
The Womari's Bureau of ithe
Chamber of Commerce respectfully
request that you will have the or
dinance against spitting on the side
walks of the town strictly enforced.
The above request from the Wo
man's Bureau is very much appre
ciated. Chapter 3, Sec. 1 1 of the
Ordinances of the Town of Brev.j.-d
is as' follows: "That it eliall
unlawful for any person or persons
to wilfully expectorate or 'spit' up
on any sidewalk or paved street
crossing or upon any paved walk
leading to any public school build
ing, court house, etc. ? Any person
violating the provisions of this sec
tion shall be subject to a penalty of
Orfe dollar for each and every of
fense."
Chapter 3, Sec. 9: "That to sweep
or otherwise convey from a dwelling
store or office or any other plnce
any litter or garbage and allow the
same to remain there is declared a
nuisance and any person offending
shall be liable to a penalty of $10."
Now folks, what are you going to
do? 1 have thirty ladies who say
that they are going to see that the
above ordinances are enforced, and
that this fast-growing little town
must be kept clean. The ladies are
exactly right. And I am going to
do my part to help them keep it
clean, if it takes enforcement of
the ordinances to do so.
T. W. WHITMIRE, Mayor.
NEAR EAST RELIEF
The Methodist church reported a
collection of about $100 in cash and
pledges to the Near East Relief fund.
All who have made collections for
this cause are asked to report to
Miss Martha Boswell.
Professor Manigold, of German,
declares hat earth worms can sing
ik. Mfc "ir.ds think they
TRANSYLVANIA GETS
LETTERS OF PRAISE
Quite a number of letters have
been received by County Superin
tendent T. C. Henderson from lead
ring educators of the State congratu
lating him and the County on the
result, of our recent special County
school tax election, and these let
ters continue to come in. Different
papers throughout the State have
also been making favorable com
ments in regard to the honorable
position Transylvania now holds
among the counties of the State.
The following are extracts from
a few of the letters to the County
Superintendent :
A. T. ALLEN,
State Superintendent.
"I want to write you and tell you
how happy your letter made me.
The success that you have had will
put heart into many of the fellows
in other counties. This is the best
bit of information we have had in
support of the State-wide eight
months school term, and I can't
think of enough to say to you in
commendation of the wonderful way
in which you have handled this elec
tion."
MISS SUSAN FULGHUM, State
Inspector Elementary Schools.
"Please let me congratulate you
upon the success of the election in
Transylvania County.
"I feel that this splendid triumph
for the eight months' term is clue
largely to your interest in the
schools." v
II. T. HUNTER. President
Cullowhee Normal.
"1 want to congratulate you and
the people of your county. It i;
quite thrilling to think of one of our
mountain counties pushing to tht
forefront in educational matters in
this way. I believe the time will
come within four years that either
the other counties will follow the
lead of Transylvania or the State,
taking the cue from the progressive
counties, will vote an eight months
t term for the entire State."
R. T. TEAGUE, County
Superintendent, Avery County.
"I congratulate you upon you;
great achievement in giving Trar.
sylvania an eight months schoo:
term. You, in this great undertak
ing, have already erected your owr
monument. May God bless you ir.
your work and give you the success
you deserve."
T. 15. ATM ORE. County
Superintendent, Pamlico County.
"I wish to congratulate you on
your recent achievement for public
education in your county. You
have blazed the way for Western
North Carolina, and some other?
will recognize it in a short time.
"1 hope that you will be able to
so organize your schools as to give
you the pleasure in operating them
that it does in Pamlico County; be
cause we are running on a very,
smooth basis and do not have the
difficulty that we formerly had in
financing our schools."
.1. M. GLENN,
Superintendent, Gates County.
"I want to congratulate you ami
Transylvania County upon carryiir
your recent school election, whicri
guarantees to every child a reason
able opportunity to get an educa
tion. There are no children in the
world who deserve a better oppor
tunity than the children of Western
North Carolina."
J. B. ROBERTSON,
Superintendent Cabarrus County.
"1 wish to congratulate you upon
your crowning success in bringing:
to every child in Transylvania
County a standard school term.
This is "taking seriously a most vital
proposition, and bringing it to a
fine realization. The good that will
result from it is beyond all compre
hension and calculation. I con
gratulate you anil your good people
of Transylvania."
J. N. WILSON,
Superintendent Jackson County.
"I am prouder of you now than
ever since you have won for your
self such an enviable record. You
have been deserving a lot of nice
things said about you for a long
time because of the fine work you
have done for the schools of your
County, and the exemplary life you
have lived. You have won for your
self State-wide reputation for doing
this. I- congratulate you for carry
ing the election in your county for
an eight months school term. Tran
sylvania County will have the name
? cvaU&?*" v
I. OF C. STARTS
DRIVE FOR PAVED
ROAD TO S.C. LINE
Through the efforts of the Cham
ber of Commerce, a project is novi
on foot to begin at once the construc
tion of a concrete road on the Greer
ville Highway from Brevard to th.
South Carolina line going to Caesar';
Head.
The president of the Chamber oi
Commerce appointed a committer:
who are now at work getting signa
tures to a petition which will be pre
sented to the Board of Commisson
ers. This petition is for the purpose
of trying to induce the County Com
missioners to sell $150,000 bonds to
loan to the State Highway Commiss
ion fo rth purpose of paving the
Transylvania County end of the
Greenville Highway to Caesar's
Head.
WI:-.n the State apporpriatc:
money for construction of roads
through Transylvania county, th-.
money will be paid back to the
county. It is pointed out that th"
only outlay on the part of the County
will be the interest on the money
and the expense incurred by the
sale of the bonds. In the event that
this request meets with the approval
of the Commissioners, the necessary
steps will be taken at once to begin
the paving of this important high
way. A committee from Brevard is
going to Greenville to meet with in
fluential men there relative to the
paving of the highway from their
end of I'vs line.
It is a self-evident fact that the
benefits derived by Brevard and
Transylvania County will be inesti
mable, on account of the construc
tion of the proposed paved highway
leading through to Greenville via
Caesars- head, which is a popular
tourist resort and has bright pros
pects for extensive development in
the near future. It is expected that
a large number of signatures will be
attached tu the petition, thus giving
it due weight, resulting in its endor
sement by the County Commission
er*.
CRIMINAL COURT
CONVENES MONDAY
The regular session of criminal
court for the January term will con
vene here next Monday, January
25, continuing throughout the
week. Judge Michael Schenck, of
Hendersonville, will preside, with
J. Will Pless, Jr., of Marion, as so
licitor and A. E. Eve, of Asheville,
as court stenographer.
The most important case sched
uled on the week's calendar is that
of State vs. Lawrence Tritt, and
Mrs. Naomi Norris, who are 1 eld ir.
connection with the murder of V/ll
liam Norris, which occurred on Sun
. I
day after Christmas.
A total of 70 cases are to come
up for trial during the week, the '
majority of which are for minor of
fense, violation of the prohibition
law, larceny, etc.
ECK HAS GOOD LUCK IN
HIS LINE DURING FIRST
OF PRESENT WEEK
Rural Policeman Eck Sims says his
business is very good at present
that of cutting down blockade stills.
On Monday morning, accompan
ied by Charlie Jamison, Sims cap
tured a '45-gallon outfit which was
going full blast, three men just be
ginning a run of booze. At the ap
proach of the officers a signal gy
was fired from a nearby hill, thiK
warning the operators, who made
their escape.
Leaving still No. One the officer?
found another one in the same sec
tion, though not in operation. This
60 gallon capacity sheet iron still
along with 600 gallons of beer and a
varied assortment of containers was
destroyed.
Tuesday two more were added to
the number. These were founil or
Frozen Creek near Rosman. (Vrv:
of the plants was all ready for a run,
having a vast amount of beer on the
premises. The other, a brand new
one, "was found near the road, all
shiny and new, just the first invest
ment of the would-be blockader.
A 60 gallon copper outfit was de
stroyed by Sims last week on 'the
Pickens Highway, near Shaffer'?
mill, along with 1000 gallons <>f
j inter
THE PRAYER CORNER
MY WINDOWS
Yours and mine, my dear re: Jer,
for every one has them. Barbara
I Young will tell you what they are.
Three windows in my House of Life
Look out three different ways.
One turns with wistful longing
To the Road of Yesterdays
And watches how the shadows
Of the poplars, slim and tali,
Point mutely at remembered days:
And silence over all.
And one looks out with eager t;es
Upon the Street of Now.
And sees the passers up and d wn,
And greets them with a bow.
The little street is frankly gay.
With checkered shade and slime,
And busy, too, with bustling joys
That wait on me and mine.
The other, window turns away
From Yesterday and Now.
And not a single backward gla.v:c
Its visions will allow.
Its gaze leaps out to hills afar;
Its dear eyes purged from t<;ars,
Up through the deathless pine-- can
trace
The Path of Coming Year*.
And sometimes, when the su." is
down,
And I am all alone
The little windows beckon me
For they are quite my own,
And seems to love mc every u:. \
At each I stand and look,
And read their little stories
Like the chapters of a book.
The first one fills and thrills me
through
With happiness and pain,
The next ? I'm drenched with .-.lar
light
And then, I'm splashed with rain.
But the other window draws me.
And I smile through rain-bcvi^d
tears,
For I read a happy ending
Down the Path of Coming YtciS.
A PRAYER OF MY THREE
WINDOWS
O Thou merciful God, whose
ing kindness is with all, and w.-o-ie
tender mercies are over all Lis
works. Be very near us as we look
out of the three windows in ur
House of Life. We turn with v st
ful longing to the Road of Yt * -
day, and watch how the shadow- of
the pine trees point mutely at 're
membered days, and silence over ? -!.
And then we look out with e;.;; :r
eyes upon the Street of Nov. ;..>d
see and greet the pas.--er.--by, we -jc
the little street is frankly eav v. .ifi
checkered shade and shine, and !<?- y
too with bustling joys '.hat wait < n
us and ours.
As we stand before the third win
dow, we see that it turns away
from Yesterday and N?w, and no: a
single backward glance its vi-i
will allow. Its gaze leaps out to
hills afar, its clear eyes, put ;,<.<!
from tears up through the deathless
pines can trace The Path of Coming
Years.
Sometimes when the suu is c!o n
and we are all alone, the little win
dows beckon us, for th-y are q.vfo
our own. And they seem to
us, every one. We stand at each
and look, and read their little stor
ies like the chapters of a b<><>!- .
The Road of Yesterday fills and
thrills us through with happin<^4
and pain. The Street of N..w
I drenches us with starlight f.~d
splashes us with rain.
But the other window draws .:s,
helps us to smile through lic.*:
bowed tears, and read a happy end
ing down through the Pa'li of Com
ing years.
May our Lord Jesus Christ" *;o
near us to defend us, within us to
refresh us, around us to preserve ?*:,
before us to guide us, behind u
justify us, above us to bless u.- : < ?
His own dear sake, Amen.
? C. D. <
! LAYMEN'S LEAGUE TO BE
FORMED THURSDAY NIGHT
There will be a meeting for It..;- ,
men on Thursday night of this wh ;, ;i
at 7:30, to organize a I.aymei.'d
League at the home of Mr. \V.>.
Price, Jr. Any man who kno.vi
Jesus Christ as a Personal SaWou"
and is willing to enlist in a league
I to tell others of His Saving Grace
' is cordially invited to attend.
Signed, Wayne A. Monroe.
I. J
Mr. Berlin timed his wedding iu t
right, to
j there was nothing worse ^oing otu